REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL
To:Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From:Jason Simpson, City Manager
Prepared by:Remon Habib, City Engineer
Date:January 14, 2025
Subject:Cooperative Agreement Between the State of California Department of Transportation and the City of Lake Elsinore for Interstate 15 State Route 74 (SR-74)/Central Ave. Interchange
Recommendation
Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute the Cooperative Agreement between the State of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the City of Lake Elsinore for the I-15 SR-74 (Central Ave) Interchange Improvement Project, in final form as approved by the City Attorney.
Background
Interstate 15 State Route 74 (Central Ave) Interchange Improvement project first initiated in early 2000’s, where the Project Initiation Document was completed on April 25, 2005. The Project Approval and Environmental Document (PAED) phase initiated in January 2018 with the Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) approved on October 30, 2024. An executed Cooperative Agreement is required prior to the start of the next phase.
Discussion
The Cooperative Agreement establishes the project components, which the City will be responsible as the Implementing Agency. The City will be responsible to deliver the Plan, Specifications, and Estimate (PS&E) phase, which is the development of plans, specifications; obtaining resource agency permits; and the advertisement/award of construction contract, and Right of Way (ROW) phase, which includes coordination with utility owners; pre-construction monument preservation; acquisition of right-of-way interests; post-construction work such as right-of-way monumentation/recordation, relinquishments/vacations, and excess land transactions. The City will also be responsible to furnish the Quality Management Plan for Caltrans review and approval.
I15/SR74 Interchange Cooperative Agreement
Fiscal Impact
No fiscal impact to executing this agreement. Project has been budgeted in the CIP program for FY 24/25.
Attachments
Attachment 1 - Cooperative Agreement
Engineering